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Who Is Federico Valverde?
Federico Santiago Valverde Dipetta, also known as “Fede” is an exceptional Uruguayan midfielder whose reputation transcend the Santiago Bernabeu.
Fede currently plays his professional football with arguably the greatest club in the world “Real Madrid” and the Uruguay national team at the international level.
The box-to-box midfielder was born into this world on July 22 the year 1998, in one of the most populous city in Uruguay “Montevideo” to Mr Julio and Mrs Doris Valverde.
Fede, as a second child grew up in a middle class and christian environment where the practically attend Roman Catholic.
Federico Valverde Early Life
The Real Madrid’s midfielder upbringing was shared with his older brother, Diego, in a family environment that was initially unfamiliar with football but due to his interest in the beautiful game he was able to pursue his dream.
At the age of two his interest for football was evident to his parents, as such that persuaded them to instilling a goalpost in their living room for to practice as a young kid.
As time goes by the living room became his playing ground where he would spent hours kicking the ball without knowing what the future holds for him.
Fede’s singular act of practicing in the living room interestingly became a learning curve that further shaped his life despite not coming from a family with football history.
Federico Valverde Facts & Wiki
Name: Federico Valverde
Date Of Birth: July 22, 1998
Place Of Birth: Montevideo, Uruguay
Nationality: Uruguayan
Age: 25
Height: 6ft 0inch
Position: Central-Midfielder
Club: Real Madrid
Parents: Julio & Doris Valverde
Siblings: 1
Partner: Mina Bonino
Religion: Christian
Weekly Salary: £180,000
Annual Salary: £6.3 million
Net-worth: £30 million
Current Market Value: €100 million
Social Media: Instagram & X
Federico Valverde Club Career
Fede’s football journey began quite early at the age of three where he displayed an intense eagerness for the beautiful game of football.
His passion for the game was so huge that he shown interest in combining football with his education, which led to his parents enrolling him at “Estudiantes de la Union” a modest football academy in Montevideo.
He scored his first goal against Danube academy during an official match which happened to be his debut game for Estudiantes de la Union.
Fede was integrated into the academy team properly at the age of six, in a period when they’ve finally recognized his potential and talent.
Road to fame came to the fore in 2008 when he got an invite for trials at one of the most prominent football club in Uruguay “Penarol” at the age of nine.
Valverde’s trials at Penarol was a success after been accessed by Nestor Goncalves, and he was accepted into the team instantly having impressed everyone thanks to the support of his parents.
Surprisingly, within two years of joining Penarol he was selected into the Uruguay U-15 national team to continue his football journey.
In 2015-16 season Valverde was promoted to Penarol’s senior team where he met with his idol Diego Forlan, and they both helped the club win the Primera Division title that season.
Having won the league title with Penarol European clubs came knocking on the door for his signature, but in the end it was Real Madrid B that eventually signed him.
His impressive performance at the U-20 FIFA World Cup instantly ascend him to Real Madrid first team, where he further developed his skills and established himself as a key player.
For the seek of his development Real Madrid decided to loan him out to Deportivo La Coruna, where he further shown to the world that he is a phenomenon midfielder.
Fede returned to Real Madrid in 2018-19 season following the expiration of his loan deal, and instantly got drafted into Real Madrid’s first team under the tutelage of Julen Lopetegui during the pre-season.
His talent was evident under every Real Madrid’s manager that came to the club, but his prowess was more felt during the 2019-20 season where he performed exceptionally for Los Blancos.
Since then Federico Valverde has become one of Real Madrid’s important players, playing alongside two of Los Blancos finest Toni Kroos and Luka Modric under Carlo Ancelloti.
Federico Valverde National Team Career
Fede’s national team career began with the U-20 team when he led the Uruguay national team to fourth place finish at the FIFA World Cup in 2017.
That same year in the month of August he was invited to the senior national team, and debuted with the national team in September of the same year and also scored his first goal against Paraguay.
During the build up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia he was called up by the manager for the provisional squad, but was later left out of the final 23-man squad that left for the World Cup.
A year after Oscar Tabarez the then manager of Uruguay invited him again ahead of the 2019 Copa America in Brazil where they crashed out in the quarter finals against Peru.
Fede also played for Uruguay in other subsequent major competitions including the 2021 Copa America and the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
As a manager you possibly can’t invite players to the national team and not give Fede a call up because his arguably the best Uruguayan player presently considering his brilliant form at Real Madrid.
Federico Valverde Achievements & Stats
Fede’s first title as a professional footballer was first won at Penarol during the 2015-16 campaign when he won the Primera Division alongside his compatriot and idol Diego Forlan.
Away from Penarol next up for the 25-year-old midfielder was Real Madrid, first winning the league in 2019-20 and 2021-22.
In 2022-23 season he also won the Copa del Rey alongside the Supercopa de Espana in 2019-20, 2021-22 and 2023-24.
Winning the UEFA football competitions began for him in 2021-22 and UEFA Super Cup in 2022.
As for the FIFA Club World Cup he won that twice first in 2018 and 2022.
Fede’s individual achievements includes being named in LaLiga’s team of the season in 2022-23.
He also won the FIFA U-20 World Cup Silver Ball in 2017, having impressed the fans and organizers in the course of the tournament.
In 2022 he also won LaLiga Player of the Month for September and in the same year he also won the FIFA Club World Silver Ball.
This article was updated 1 month ago